He was sitting alone at the bar, sipping a bittersweet Manhattan. The woman appeared as if from vapor, her right hand thrust into an oversized blue canvas bag, dark black sunglasses shielding her eyes.
“I’m your number one fan,” she whispered in his ear. “Now carefully get up off the stool and walk with me to the door. Do exactly as I say. There’s a gun in my bag.”
See also: Stalked and A Sexual Obsession With Soup Pots
Previously: Forty-Two
It’s funny how the phrase “I’m your number one fan” now makes me feel scared. It’s like, as soon as a character uses that phrase, you know they are about to do something awful to the person they are saying it to. You almost didn’t need the rest of the dialogue. Just that line and I pretty much guessed she had a gun in her bag.
By: Julie Scott on April 23, 2008
at 11:28 am
My original stalker, Laura Kandl, is still around, Julie. She harrasses me at a couple of online forums that I haunt. Lori Scheirer, the Wonderland stalker from ‘06, shows up in my stats here at Carver’s Dog every so often and she’s still posting under multiple handles at the IMDB forum for the Wonderland movie.
By: Rodger Jacobs on April 23, 2008
at 11:33 am
How bizarre.
By: Julie Scott on April 23, 2008
at 12:31 pm
just wondering–are there good stalkers and bad stalkers?
By: Scot on April 23, 2008
at 2:04 pm
Gradations of stalking? Never thought of that. Off the top of my head, and based on personal experience, I would have to say no.
By: Rodger Jacobs on April 23, 2008
at 2:07 pm
David seems to have acquired Cathy Seipp’s old stalker Mr. Stein. He runs some awful blogger site where he pretends to be David, but so far Blogger has ignored our pleas that they take down the site as a blatant violation of their TOS. Does that count as a stalker?
By: Julie Scott on April 23, 2008
at 6:12 pm
Absolutely it does.
By: Rodger Jacobs on April 23, 2008
at 6:13 pm
That guy’s so stupid that it’s hard to feel threatened or whatever about it, but it does irritate me.
By: David N. Scott on April 24, 2008
at 12:48 pm
Luke Ford really likes the guy but Luke has become so irrelevant to the blogosphere, a mere speck of what he used to be. Who the hell wants to read an online gossip rag devoted to the L.A. Jewish community? I mean, WTF? And he’s desperately trying to squeeze out a living from blog ads. Please …
By: Rodger Jacobs on April 24, 2008
at 12:57 pm
I heard some rumor he sold his, uh, other website, but I don’t know if he made much out of the deal.
By: Julie Scott on April 24, 2008
at 1:15 pm
He sold lukeford.com a long, long time ago, Julie. 2001, I think it was. I worked for the new owners for about six months after Luke’s departure, then Luke tried to squeeze his way back in and I departed.
By: Rodger Jacobs on April 24, 2008
at 1:20 pm
Oh… there was another, um, other website. He had it up and running until at least last year. Of course, maybe he just sold that one and then started up yet another one. Who knows? I trust very little of what Luke says about himself these days.
By: Julie Scott on April 24, 2008
at 5:12 pm
Oh, you’re talking about lukeisback.com. Forgot about that. I think he sold that one, too.
By: Rodger Jacobs on April 24, 2008
at 6:21 pm
At the alter he stopped.
Realised the place was empty; not only that, probably closed.
He peered down at his feet feeling like a tomb robber.
Then he noticed it.
The floor was paved by gravestones; worn by the feet of the guilt-ridden.
Outside he could hear King Tubby playing from one of the market stalls.
Decided to leave Jesus to it and eat barbecued corn instead.
By: Maxwell on August 14, 2008
at 2:14 pm